The Twenty-Four Histories refer to the twenty-four chronicles of history that were called zhengshi in the old days, the Ming Dynasty had the twenty-first history of the ming dynasty, and the four years of the Qianlong Qing Dynasty added the "History of Ming", "Old Book of Tang", and "Old History of the Five Dynasties", collectively known as the Twenty-Four Histories. Total 3,243 volumes. The names of each history, the number of volumes, and the authors (or leaders) are as follows:
1. The 130 volumes of the Chronicle of History, by Sima Qian of Han.
2. The Book of Han, 100 volumes, by Han Bangu.
3. Book of the Later Han Dynasty, 120 volumes, by Southern Dynasty Song Fan Shuo.
4. Romance of the Three Kingdoms, 65 volumes, by Jin Chen Shou.
5. Book of Jin, 130 volumes, by Tang Fang Xuanling.
6. Book of Song, 100 volumes, written by Southern Dynasty Liang Shenyue.
7. Book of Southern Qi, 59 volumes, by Liang Xiaozi of the Southern Dynasty.
8. Book of Liang, 56 volumes, by Tang Yao Silian.
9. Book of Chen, 36 volumes, by Tang Yao Silian.
10. Book of Wei, 114 volumes, collected by Northern Qi and Wei.
11. Book of Northern Qi, 50 volumes, by Tang And Li Baiyao.
12. Book of Zhou, 50 volumes, by Tang Linghu Dedi.
13. Book of Sui, 85 volumes, by Tang Wei Zheng.
14. History of the South, 80 volumes, by Tang and Li Yanshou.
15. History of the North, 100 volumes, by Tang and Li Yanshou.
16. Old Book of Tang, 200 volumes, written by Liu Xun of the Later Jin Dynasty.
17. New Book of Tang, 225 volumes, by Song Ouyang Xiu.
18. History of the Old Five Dynasties, 150 volumes, by Song Xue Juzheng.
19. The New History of the Five Dynasties, vol. 74, by Song Ouyang Xiu.
20. History of the Song, 496 volumes, by Yuan Tokto.
21. History of Liao, 116 volumes, by Yuan Tokto.
22. The History of Jin, vol. 135, by Yuan Tocto.
23. "History of the Yuan", 210 volumes, written by Ming and Song Lian.
24. History of the Ming Dynasty, 332 volumes, by Zhang Tingyu of the Qing Dynasty.